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Preposition Poem At the Junkyard

On one sultry August day In a clearing in the woods Within a long delay for salvaged auto goods Amid decaying vans, under glaring sun High above one ant, homebound, on the run... Along a miniature trail of rugged hill and dale Between pebbles; past sprigs Over shard; alongside twigs For seconds brief, beneath a leaf Around a rock, willy nilly Root outcrop, dilly dally; Up, the maple, fast With head-on haul, in grasp In and out of bark Inside crevice, dark Astride the edge, at last Across a lichen patch Behind broad leaves of dark green hue To my chagrin, beyond my view; Out from under the shade Into the open glade Within the reflective collage of glinting metals and shards Beneath the tranquil sky — recharged!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 11/23/2021 10:55:00 PM
Hannah, you must have put a lot of time into this one, it's like a Wikipedia of prepositions describing the ant's long journey home. I just love how you start each line with one and even have others midline. Enjoyed this very much, and shall return when I need some preposition inspiration.
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Hannah Borke
Date: 6/10/2022 8:58:00 AM
Thanks for your comment. I just noticed it now. And you are correct; I labored over it.
Date: 11/10/2019 3:09:00 PM
A pleasure to read, Hannah.
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Hannah Borke
Date: 11/10/2019 4:04:00 PM
Special thanks. This poem is the result of years of continuous editing.
Date: 3/23/2018 5:45:00 PM
Thanks for your sweet comment on my recent poetry. I can't find one of yours I have not seen. Came to your second best one at Soup and found I already visited this one before as well. HOpe to see a new one from you soon!
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Date: 10/20/2017 7:50:00 PM
AHA!! Very smartly done. AS a grammar and ESL teacher , I can very much appreciate this one and also its descriptiveness.
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Hannah Borke
Date: 10/21/2017 9:06:00 PM
I worked so so so hard on this to make it work. When all is said and done, it's a boring poem, and needs improvement. Thanks for commenting.
Date: 8/15/2017 1:39:00 PM
Inspiring! You make the usual sound great and how well it rhymes.
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Hannah Borke
Date: 8/15/2017 1:50:00 PM
Sometimes we give comments in order to get comments. Not in this case. I'm truly enamored by your talent. (Remember for my future compliments to you -- you don't owe me one for one.)
Date: 8/7/2017 8:47:00 AM
This is such a nice poem, got the feels heaps, thanks, I might try writing like this too.
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Hannah Borke
Date: 8/7/2017 8:54:00 AM
Thanks. I especially appreciate the compliment because this poem didn't come easy.
Date: 7/20/2017 7:56:00 PM
Otay, I think I'm catching on to the the prep thing. I'm dense, but I do so like the willy nilly dilly dally things. Plus, I owned a salvage yard once so I felt right at home here;-) Yer taxin' my ventricles kid, but it sure is fun!
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Hannah Borke
Date: 7/23/2017 3:52:00 PM
Well, it got fixin! (And limericks got nixen - for being silly more than funny)
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Date: 7/20/2017 9:18:00 PM
Poem don't need fixin! I's kidding about the prepositions & propositions. Please, don't take much I say seriously, 'cept when I say I like something or when I say I'm having fun!
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Hannah Borke
Date: 7/20/2017 8:31:00 PM
You're right. This poem is forced and compact. I'll try to fix it one day
Date: 7/16/2017 11:17:00 PM
I really like this one. You have a unique talent and a special voice. You don't need to be college educated to write (i dropped out). You just need your words to tell your story and all of your poems are wonderful. Please keep writing and keep sharing with us.
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Hannah Borke
Date: 7/17/2017 10:22:00 AM
Thank you for being so encouraging!
Date: 6/15/2017 4:28:00 PM
Your words carry a natural flow, Hannah. Another enjoyable read.
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Hannah Borke
Date: 6/15/2017 5:30:00 PM
That is actually amazing, because it belies how unnatural it was. I toiled over this one.
Date: 6/12/2017 12:58:00 PM
I like the meter of this poem. Well written. I don;t know what poem you feel was my inspiration, your new one? Blessings, Janis.
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Hannah Borke
Date: 6/12/2017 1:07:00 PM
I was referring to my poem "Selfie Querie", posted yesterday (originally titled 'Be At It Like an Addict), in which I compared the unwritten poem to a soul not born, etc; which is the same concept as your, "The Poem I Lost".
Date: 5/25/2017 7:50:00 AM
Wow this one is amazing. Well done Hannah :)
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Date: 5/16/2017 6:27:00 PM
I think this is a great poem! The way your rhymes flow is impressive....please keep writing .
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